Allison Tatarsky Berman
Manager
GHS - Programs
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Allison Tatarsky is the Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco. Allison has 15 years of experience working alongside and in service of ministries of health on malaria elimination strategy, program implementation, and operational research.

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During her tenure with the MEI, Allison established the MEI’s vector control and surveillance portfolio of work, including research on innovative vector control tools and entomological surveillance strengthening through technical assistance, capacity building, and decision-tool development. As MEI Director, Allison works to expand partnerships and shape the MEI’s strategy, including the MEI’s approach to targeting and tailoring of malaria control and elimination approaches, supporting subnational-level problem-solving and impact while also working to shape global malaria eradication policy.

Allison is the Co-Chair of the global Malaria Elimination Interest Group and member of the Expert Scientific Advisory Committee for the Innovative Vector Control Consortium.

Prior to joining the MEI, Allison worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in southern Africa on regional and country malaria elimination efforts, and also in Boston where she coordinated CHAI’s HIV, TB, and Health Financing efforts across the organization. In these earlier roles, Allison led various projects including those on mass mosquito net distribution, elimination advocacy, and mobile health for malaria diagnosis and surveillance; and contributed to national malaria elimination strategic plans, national guidelines, and program evaluations.

Allison has degrees in public health and health science from Boston University.

Education & Training

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• MPH Global Health Boston University 2008
• BS Health Science Boston University 2007

Interests

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• Malaria vector control and surveillance
• Malaria elimination
• Implementation research
• Equity in global health

Websites

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• Malaria Elimination Initiative (shrinkingthemalariamap.org)
• Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication (malariaeradicationcommission.com)

Grants and Projects

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• Equipping countries for evidence-based malaria intervention strategies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2021-2024
• Strengthening domestic financing and preparedness for donor transitions in the Asia Pacific, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2021-2023
• Project BITE (Bite Interruption Toward Elimination), Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, 2020-2023
• Achieving Global Malaria Eradication through Accelerated Regional Elimination, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2016-2022

Publications (15)

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Disease EradicationTransients and MigrantsNational Health ProgramsAnophelesHistory, 20th CenturyMosquito VectorsCase ManagementInsecticide ResistanceHistory, 21st CenturyKnowledgeRwandaMosquito ControlInsecticide-Treated BednetsMalariaInsecticides

• Human and vector behaviors determine exposure to Anopheles in Namibia.
  Parasites & vectors 2022 Mwema T, Lukubwe O, Joseph R, Maliti D, Iitula I, Katokele S, Uusiku P, Walusimbi D, Ogoma SB, Tambo M, Gueye CS, Williams YA, Vajda E, Tatarsky A, Eiseb SJ, Mumbengegwi DR, Lobo NF
• Comparison of entomological impacts of two methods of intervention designed to control Anopheles gambiae s.l. via swarm killing in Western Burkina Faso.
  Scientific reports 2022 Sawadogo SP, Niang A, Wu SL, Millogo AA, Bonds J, Latham M, Dabiré RK, Tatarsky A, Tripet F, Diabaté A
• Application of an innovative grid-based surveillance strategy to ensure elimination and prevent reintroduction of malaria in high-risk border communities in China.
  BMC public health 2022 Lu SN, Ding W, Wang JZ, Yin SQ, Li SG, Zhou XW, Xu QL, Sun XD, Cotter C, Hsiang MS, Tatarsky A, Gosling R, Lv S, Wang DQ
• To spray or target mosquitoes another way: focused entomological intelligence guides the implementation of indoor residual spraying in southern Mozambique.
  Malaria journal 2022 Alafo C, Martí-Soler H, Máquina M, Malheia A, Aswat AS, Koekemoer LL, Colborn J, Lobo NF, Tatarsky A, Williams YA, Marrenjo D, Cuamba N, Rabinovich R, Alonso P, Aide P, Saúte F, Paaijmans KP
• Achieving malaria elimination in China.
  The Lancet. Public health 2021 Cao J, Newby G, Cotter C, Hsiang MS, Larson E, Tatarsky A, Gosling RD, Xia Z, Gao Q

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• Anopheles drivers of persisting malaria transmission in Guna Yala, Panamá: an operational investigation.
  Malaria journal 2021 Ávila MI, Vajda ÉA, Gutiérrez EJ, Gibson DA, Renteria MM, Presley N, O'Reilly D, Burton TA, Tatarsky A, Lobo NF
• Report of the 2018 annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vector Control Working Group: harnessing skills and knowledge for malaria elimination across the Asia Pacific.
  Parasites & vectors 2021 Dahmash L, Tatarsky A, Espino FE, Chareonviriyaphap T, Macdonald MB, Prachumsri JS, Srivastava P, Rundi C, Hii J
• History of malaria control in Rwanda: implications for future elimination in Rwanda and other malaria-endemic countries.
  Malaria journal 2020 Karema C, Wen S, Sidibe A, Smith JL, Gosling R, Hakizimana E, Tanner M, Noor AM, Tatarsky A
• District-level approach for tailoring and targeting interventions: a new path for malaria control and elimination.
  Malaria journal 2020 Gosling R, Chimumbwa J, Uusiku P, Rossi S, Ntuku H, Harvard K, White C, Tatarsky A, Chandramohan D, Chen I
• Expanding the Vector Control Toolbox for Malaria Elimination: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
  Advances in parasitology 2018 Williams YA, Tusting LS, Hocini S, Graves PM, Killeen GF, Kleinschmidt I, Okumu FO, Feachem RGA, Tatarsky A, Gosling RD
• Attacking the mosquito on multiple fronts: Insights from the Vector Control Optimization Model (VCOM) for malaria elimination.
  PloS one 2017 Kiware SS, Chitnis N, Tatarsky A, Wu S, Castellanos HMS, Gosling R, Smith D, Marshall JM
• Malaria Elimination and Eradication
  Major Infectious Diseases 2017 Shretta R, Liu J, Cotter C, Cohen J, Dolenz C, Makomva K, Newby G, Ménard D, Phillips A, Tatarsky A, Gosling R, Feachem R
• Developing an expanded vector control toolbox for malaria elimination.
  BMJ global health 2017 Killeen GF, Tatarsky A, Diabate A, Chaccour CJ, Marshall JM, Okumu FO, Brunner S, Newby G, Williams YA, Malone D, Tusting LS, Gosling RD
• Preventing the reintroduction of malaria in Mauritius: a programmatic and financial assessment.
  PloS one 2011 Tatarsky A, Aboobakar S, Cohen JM, Gopee N, Bheecarry A, Moonasar D, Phillips AA, Kahn JG, Moonen B, Smith DL, Sabot O
• Costs and financial feasibility of malaria elimination.
  Lancet (London, England) 2010 Sabot O, Cohen JM, Hsiang MS, Kahn JG, Basu S, Tang L, Zheng B, Gao Q, Zou L, Tatarsky A, Aboobakar S, Usas J, Barrett S, Cohen JL, Jamison DT, Feachem RG